Biography
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems (L-CAS), University of Lincoln (UK), currently working on the TopFleets project in partnership with JABAS AI. I recently obtained my Ph.D. in AI and Robotics at the same institution, where my research focused on developing causal inference frameworks to enhance robot autonomy, specifically regarding decision-making in human-shared environments. My doctoral research was advised by Prof. Nicola Bellotto and Prof. Marc Hanheide.
Prior to my time in the UK, I graduated from Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). I hold an M.Sc. in Control Engineering, advised by Prof. Antonio Carcaterra, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Control Engineering, advised by Prof. Alessandro De Luca.
Between my academic degrees, I gained industrial experience working for one year as a Test Engineer at Ferrari and 1.5 years as a Software Specialist at Metapack Engineering.
. Research
I am currently involved in the TopFleets project (partnered with JABAS AI).
My research focuses on designing and deploying multi-robot coordination algorithms for heterogeneous fleets, specifically optimizing path planning and collision avoidance in dynamic shared environments. Additionally, I am developing a fleet management system dashboard to enable real-time monitoring, task allocation, and remote intervention.
During my Ph.D., I was involved in the European H2020 DARKO project.
My research focused on exploiting causal inference to advance intelligent mobile robotics in dynamic interaction settings, enabling robots to improve prediction, decision-making, and overall autonomy in human-shared environments.